Falmouth Coastguard Helping Starving Remote Islanders

Falmouth Coastguard is helping a group of hungry islanders, who were discovered by a British sailor whilst he was taking a yacht from Hawaii to Australia. How People Arrived Here: us coast guard supplies islanders

Miss Samoa Resigns Amid Claims That the Staff are Disrespectful

Miss Samoa, Tusisaleia Hope Pomele has resigned – only a few months after she took over from the original Miss Samoa – Jacinta Bourne who resigned last October for personal reasons. Speaking to the media late yesterday, Pomele said the officials...

Environmentalists in Samoa on a Mongoose Hunt

The Ministry of the Environment in Samoa is launching a major program next week, to try and catch a mongoose that has been sighted at the Aleipata area. Principal Conservation Officer, Lesaisaea Niualuga confirmed that the pest was first sighted by villagers...

Fiji Signs Trade And Development Agreement with the European Union

Fiji has signed an interim Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU. The agreement focuses on trade in goods and provides duty free – quota free access for all products from Fiji to the EU market. It also aims to deepen cooperation in areas such as...

Relations Sour As Fiji Expels Australian, NZ Envoys

Fiji’s diplomatic relations with its influential neighbors have hit a new low as leader Frank Bainimarama announced the expulsion of the Australian and New Zealand ambassadors late Tuesday. The country’s newly installed Chief Justice, Anthony Gates...

Fiji’s Leader Defends 2006 Coup At United Nations

Fiji’s military leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama has used an address to the United Nations to defend the 2006 military coup in which he came to power. The Commodore said the coup, where he seized political control from a democratically-elected government,...

Fiji Suspended From Commonwealth

The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma has announced the suspension of Fiji from the Commonwealth with immediate effect for failure to commit to 2010 elections. Fiji’s interim leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who led a military coup...

Fiji’s Bainimarama Denies Bid For Presidency

Fiji’s interim leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama has slammed international media reports linking him to a bid for the country’s vacant presidency. Bainimarama, who seized control of government in a heavily-criticised 2006 coup, was said to be eyeing...

Commonwealth And Fiji Agree to Continue Dialogue Despite Threat of Expulsion

Though recent moves by the Commonwealth to expel Fiji for not agreeing to commit to elections by 2010 have soured relations between the two, both have agreed to keep open lines of negotiations despite not being able to arrange a mutually convenient time...